VOA慢速英语:Police Officers Shot and Wounded in Ferguson, Missouri

短语讲解：

1. Both are expected to recover.

be expected to 被期待做某事; 有望做某事; 期许
例句：That could hardly be expected to last.
这很难预计将持续多久。

2. The shootings took place during a protest at the Ferguson police station.

take place 发生，举行
例句：Earthquakes take place far underground. 
地震则发生在地球的极深处。 

3. Police searched a house and have detained three people in connection with the shooting investigation.

in connection with 与…有关，连同
例句：I am writing to you in connection with your job application. 
此信是有关你求职一事的. 

4. Thousands of Iraqi troops joined with volunteer militias early last week to try to take control of the city from the Islamic State fighters.

take control of 控制
例句：There must be someone who can take control of these naughty children 
应该有人能管住这些淘气的孩子 

5. Reports from Somalia say the U.S. has carried out a drone strike against a vehicle carrying leaders of the militant group al-Shabab.

carry out 执行; 进行
例句：No matter what we do, we must carry out our duties. 
无论干什么工作,我们都应履行自己的职责. 

6. The targeted car reportedly belongs to Adan Garaar, a top member of al-Shabab’s security service, the Amniyat.

belong to 属于
例句： I belong to no party. 
我不属于任何派别。 

7. Earlier, al-Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack that targeted a top Somali political leader and left at least eight people dead.

at least 至少
例句：At least she is a paragon with her feet on the ground. 
她至少是一个脚踏实地的特殊人物。 

8. The United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany are seeking guarantees that the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful, in exchange for cancelling economic sanctions.

in exchange for 交换
例句：He gave me an apple in exchange for a cake. 
他给我一个苹果，换一块蛋糕。